I always associated the ‘Campbell award’ with a commendation for the most distinguished new writers–didn’t know about this award. I really like the look of this list. With respect to awards, Adam Roberts is criminally under-recognized in the US. And with Liu squared, vandermeer cubed, daryl Gregory, and many others…that’s a super list.

ok, I’ll bite. How are the nominees of the Campbell Award chosen? It seems like a good idea when short lists are announced that information about how the list was generated and how the winner is selected to be reiterated.

For example, I am one of the unwashed multitudes of SFF fans who did not realize the Hugo moms were vulnerable to manipulation by slate voting. Is the Campbell a juried award?

That being said, pretty good list, although I am surprised as well that Ancillary Sword is not there, I am happy about Weir, Liu, and North appearing on the list.

I really want to want to read Station Eleven but the synopsis drives me away, every time.

Generally this Campbell’s nominee list is not dominated by women. It’s interesting to follow, though, because it has a history of bold decisions like deciding nothing published in a given year is worthy, then giving second place to Robert Silverberg.

Short/long lists are interesting. The Tiptree’s got a different jury each year, with very minimal instruction (literally about a sentence), so sometimes they pick one winner, sometimes two. Sometimes they release a short or long list of other recommendations, and sometimes not. Juries are interesting. The panel at World Fantasy 2014 where several of the jury members talked about the process was interesting, too. /nerd 😉